Day by day we are exploring the new area we have moved into. The Hills are so beautiful - especially so now that it is winter! Just behind our house there is a huge National Park (I know - makes us nervous in summer time for the bush fire risk!) that at the moment, after lots of rain is green and lush! Here is some pictures from our walk to Ridge Point with Helen and Matty! We packed our bags with coffee and lucy and set out for a 4 hour adventure where we found lots of treasures!
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| You can see all the way to the City CBD - can you spot the skyscrapers? |
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| Treasures from our nature scavenger hunt |
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| Hot coffee to warm us up! |
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| Helen's painted rocks! Elliot said: wow, Helen, you are an artist! And she is!! |
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| Elliot's snap |
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| Matty's group snap |
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| Agnes' snapshot...in strife, let me help...nope, got it!! |
After our walk, we stopped by Colebrook Home, which used to be a children's home for Aboriginal children of the Stolen Generations. The Stolen Generations were the children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent who were removed from their families by the Australian Federal and State government agencies and church missions, underacts of their respective parliaments. The removals occurred in the period between approximately 1909 and 1969, although in some places children were still being taken until the 1970s. Today the site where Colebrook home was, is a park where people can remember what happend. The statue of the grieving mother is incredibly sad - after having children on my own, I cannot fathom how it would feel if someone stole them away from me.
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